You'll soar he said simply his hand in mine
How do you know that?  I whispered back choking on my tears
Because I know you... it's what you do.

I  now understand Icarus...

how he could forget the stern warnings of his father and try to touch the greatest star in the heavens.

 

I can feel heat and warmth,

deep pleasure and shattering pain

 

I am aware of touch and taste and sound and me

I can feel

 

and I want to feel it all

the sun against my face

the wind below my body

 

my heart a pounding warriors drum within my breast

so loud sometimes that it frightens me

and makes me fold my wings for a moment

free fall back into what the world considers a comfortable norm

 

I remember a promise I made to myself when I left.

To Untame
To Rename
To Reclaim me

 

I struggle I resist I push back against the glass ceiling

and there is a rain of sparkling glittering diamond shards around me

His accuracy is a bitter sweet taste in my mouth

As I break through

As I fly beyond

As my mind, my spirit, my body join as one

 

 

 

It's a good day to kiss the sun